#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Women’s voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
Our work needs you. Your continuing support has enabled us to upgrade this site and add the ability to submit audio and visual testimonials. Please DONATE to help us make sure this resource continues to remain available to all those who need it. All donations are 100% tax deductible through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, Los Angeles Filmforum.
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Sexual Assualt Overseas
Permanently Scarred
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Tinder Rape
Blaming Myself
My Daughter
I Was Only 14
I Lost My Virginity
Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Raped in the Air Force
University Bar
School Bathroom
Never Be the Same Again
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I Thought He Was My Friend
My Story
Do NOT Trust Strangers
They thought it was fun
Online dating
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
“No” is Universal
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Date Rape Drug
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Trauma
Thank you for being LOUD!
Confused
Girl Raped By a Girl
Tulane Law
Raped at age 9 & 15
I was raped by a cop
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The Aftermath
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
The rape apology and my reply
Quarterly Review
My Ex-husband
I Was Only 14
Empty
Sexual Abuse
An Abnormal Reaction
Rape
All Just Too Much
My Year in Hell
Drunk and taken advantage of
The Healing Process
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I Hate You
LOST
My rape story
A young mother
Rape Shaming
Just a Child
Long way back
I Trusted Him
In My Home
More Witness than I Care to Live...
We All Have a Voice
Years later… meeting my rapist again
It started with you.
Ashly’s story
הטרידו אותי
A Loss to Mankind
Prom Night
Multiple Rape
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
The Night That Changed My World
my story
Friends are sharing
That’s not Me, it’s Her
I Was Only 14
Raped by a work colleague
J’avais 13 ans
Stranger Rape
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Feeling Dirty
Raped By a Female
silent rape
High School Orientation
Date Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
Too naïve
My Story
A respectable collegue
Bringing the Stories to Light
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
I Dated My Rapists
Two Men Lifetimes Apart
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Not A Trustworthy Man
You were supposed to be my friend
How can we make it stop?
My Innocence Was Taken Away
The Hole in My Heart
Once Again
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Feeling Alone
He Was My Best Friend
Sexual assault
Robbery
Raped by Him
Rape
Girl Raped By a Girl
Today is my time to cry
Date gone wrong
Did I ask for it?
17
I Was 3 Years Old
I Am Finally FREE
Thank you
Accepting myself and my story after…
My Daughter’s Rape
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Just Words
My Rape Stories
Deacon abused for reporting
My best friend raped me
Sexual abuse by brother
He doesn’t even know he raped me
עדיין מציק
Don’t Want to Anymore
לא יוצאים מזה…
The Boys Club Continues
Raped by my boyfriend
En Enero de 2010
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Afraid of Being Judged
raped and isolated
He Stole Something From Me
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Mi Historia
Was it rape?
The pain that was never mine to...
Raped At 15
A Story
Family
Breakin Burgler
The Beach is Not Safe
They Laughed
Drugged
Nearly 50 years later
April 8th, 2016
Not normal
So drunk I can’t remember
Justice
Date Rape
Repressed Memory
Amusement Park
3rd Grade Boys
Male dancer
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
לפני 14 שנים
College Student
היי לינור
Molested By My Cousin
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
4 Years Ago
Male dancer
My Own Brother
7 years and it still controls me
Blackout
Molestation
Letter to My Rapist
Army
3 years on
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
My Daughter
He was my best friend
Being Raped
I’m Only Stronger
Rude awakening
I Thought He Cared
First “Real” Boyfriend
Unethical or illegal?
Sexual Assault
Rape
I Thought I Knew Hi
Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
I Thought He Loved Me
I am a survivor
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Myself
Start of grooming at 15
He Was My Dad
I regret not telling
Mi Esposa
Teatime
I still don’t know what happened
Her first job
He Lied
Family Member
I Am Brave
